{Or do they say, 'A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time?'}—meaning: They have said, 'We await for him the passage of time until he dies.'
﴿أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِهِ ريب الْمنون﴾ أَي: قد قَالُوا: نتربَّصُ بِهِ الدَّهْر حَتَّى يَمُوت.